/*
 *  WsvJdbc - a JDBC driver for WSV (values separated by whatever) data files
 *  Copyright (C) 2004  Daniele Pes
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */


package axs.jdbc.dataSpecification.supportedJavaTypes;

import axs.jdbc.dataSourceConfiguration.TypeException;


/**
 * @author 		Daniele Pes
 * @version    $Id: CharacterClass.java,v 1.2 2007/04/16 17:24:36 montag451 Exp $
 */
public class CharacterClass 
extends TypeClass{
   public Object fromString(String value)
	throws TypeException{
		try{
         if(value == null)
            return (Character)null;
			if(value.equals("") || value.toUpperCase().equals("NULL"))
				return (Character)null;   		
      	return new Character(value.trim().charAt(0));
		}
		catch(Exception e){
			throw new TypeException("Unable to parse from String to Character -> " + e.getMessage());
		}
   }
}
